Peeka Zimmerman

May 6, 2015

A.S. Discusses Legal Code Changes

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Senate University Affairs Committee held a meeting Tuesday in the UCen Goleta Valley Room to discuss three bill proposals.

April 29, 2015

Nakamura Speaks on LEDs

By Peeka Zimmerman, Christopher Chen

Nobel Laureate and UC Santa Barbara materials and electrical and computer engineering professor Shuji Nakamura gave a talk on his Nobel Prize-winning research on blue light-emitting diodes last night in Campbell hall.

April 26, 2015

Representatives Discuss Sexual Assault Policy, Culture

By Peeka Zimmerman

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and California Assemblyman Das Williams, representatives of the Santa Barbara area, held a forum to discuss university handling of sexual assault last Thursday night at Lotte Lehmann Con...

April 24, 2015

Community Discusses Food Systems, Sustainability

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Isla Vista Food Co-op and UCSB Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted a community talk to discuss food sustainability at the Food Co-op on Tuesday night.

April 21, 2015

Groups Present Speakers on Food Systems

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) and the I.V. Food Co-op will host an informational event on local and global food systems Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Food Co-op on Seville Rd.

April 16, 2015

Candidates Engage Students in Q&A

By Peeka Zimmerman, Beth Lebens

Candidates for the position of Associate Students (A.S.) off-campus senator answered questions from audience members in a series of two open forums Wednesday afternoon at the Hub.

April 15, 2015

Office of Das Williams, Community Discuss I.V. Self-Governance

By Peeka Zimmerman

The office of Santa Barbara Assemblyman Das Williams held a community meeting in the conference room of the Isla Vista Medical Clinic Building Tuesday night to discuss I.V. self-governance bill AB 3, which would establis...

April 9, 2015

A Year in Women’s Prison, A Night at Pollock Theater

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Carsey-Wolf Center presented a special screening of the Netflix television series “Orange is the New Black” (OITNB) on Wednesday night in Pollock Theater as a part of their TELEtalk series, which examines histori...

April 2, 2015

Evicted Abrego Villas Apartment Households Reach Settlement

By Peeka Zimmerman

Six households at 6754 and 6764 Abrego Road, which received eviction notices last October and planned to sue Abrego Villas property owner Majestic Asset Management, Inc., for violation of County Ordinance 4444, came to a...

March 3, 2015

A.S. Meets to Allocate Funds

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met on Monday night to hear 17 funding requests, fully funding 16 student organizations and refusing funds to UCSB Model United Nations.

February 27, 2015

Students To Dance for Charity Saturday

By Peeka Zimmerman

Dance Marathon, a 12-hour-long fundraising dance event featuring food, entertainment, DJs, bands and other UCSB performing groups will be held this Saturday in the Pavilion Gym.

February 26, 2015

Frat Chapter Closes Due to Alleged Misconduct

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Phi Sigma Kappa National Fraternity revoked UCSB fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa’s charter on Tuesday, and the fraternity will now be in consultation with the Office of Student Life.

February 24, 2015

A.S. Fully Funds Nine Campus Groups

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday night in the State Street Room of the UCen to hear funding requests from 19 campus groups.

February 13, 2015

Econ Dept. To Create Endowed Chair with Alumnus Donations

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Department of Economics received a total of $5 million dollars in grants during fiscal year 2014, most of which was given by Richard Aster, an alumnus who passed away in 2012.

February 12, 2015

A.S. Discusses Young’s Retirement, GHI

By Peeka Zimmerman, Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the UCen’s Flying A room to discuss resolutions on former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Young’s retirement celebration, Gaucho Health Insurance and t...

February 10, 2015

Finance and Business Committee Hears From Student Groups

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday evening to address funding requests from 25 campus organizations and allocated full funding for 15 organizations, partial funding for nine, and refused fu...